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W. M. HOLLOWAY.

ADDING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED 0:125, 1912.

1,337,599 Pwienieti Apr. 20, 192%.

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ADDING MACHINE,

APPLICATION FILED 00125, 1912.

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W. M, HOLLOWAY.

ADDiNG MACHINE.

APPLlCATlON man 0 Patented Apr. 20, 1920.

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'W M. HOLLOWAY ADDING MACHINE APPLICATION FILED OCT. 25, 1912.

Patfintefi A101. 20, 1920;

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APPLICATION FILED OCT. 25, I912.

Patented Apr. 20, 1928.

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ADDING MACHINE.

- APPLICATION HLED OCT- 25! I912.

Patamed Apr. 20 1920.

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' WILLIAM 1V1. HOLLOWAY, OF AUSTIN, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR '20 CHARLES W.SHONK COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILL'ENOIS, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

AQDING-MAGHINE.

Application filed October 25, 1912.

To all whom it may concern:

l e it known that l, YVILLIAM M. H \Y, a citizen of the United States,resid- J in Austin, in the county of Cook and L to of Illinois, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Adding-lilachines, or which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in adding machines.

One object of the invention is to provide a practical, accuratelyregistering adding machine of compact form, cheap to manufarture andadapted to perform the work of much higher priced adding machines now onthe market.

iinother object of the invention is to provide an adding machine inwhich the manipulation of a single oscillating means will eifect all theprime actuations, transferring or carrying, and canceling.

urther objects of the invention are; to provide an adding machineemploying a series of setup levers which determine. the amounts to beadded, with means, optionally operable, for disconnecting the set-uplevers. from operative relation with the register wheel actuatingconnections and adapted to return the set-up levers to normal position,whenever this is desired, without in ar way affecting the condition ofthe register-wheels; to provide an adding ma chine of the type aboveindicated with (lltCliS or controls or stops that will prevent eitheraccidental or intentional incorrect sequence of manipulation of any ofthe parts and also prevent overthrow of the parts; and to provide meanswhereby the set-up levers may be locked and rendered inoperable wheneverit is desired.

The invention furthermore consists in the improvements in the parts anddevices and in the novel combinations of the parts and devices ashereinafter more particularly described, shown or claimed.

in the drawings forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 is afront elevation of a machine embodying my improvements showing all theparts at normal. Fig. 2 is a vertical, sectional View talrensubstantially on the line 2-2 of Fig. 3. 3 is a transverse, vertical,sectional view taken substantially on the line 3-3 of 2. Fig. l is asectional view taken substantially on the line 4l4: of Fig. 8, partsbeing Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 20, 1920.

Serial no. 727,732.

orok-eu away to more clearly illustrate the mech nism. Fig. 5 is atransverse, vertical m taken substantially on the line 5-5 Fig. 6 is avertical, sectional view .11 substantially on the line (3 6 of Fig. Fig.7 is a plan view of the centering 2 "2e employed for accuratelycentering the wheels and serving also other funcs, as hereinafterdescribed. Fig. 8 is a etional view of portion of the combinedprime-actuating, carrying and canceling oscillating frame or yoke. Fig.9 is a side view of one of the set-up levers. Fig. 10 is a detail viewshowing one of the transfer devices and immediate parts. Fig. 11 is adetail view of the ate employed in the transfer devices. Fig. 12 is adetail View of the combined cam and detent employed in the transferdevices. Fig. 13 is a detail view illustrating portion of the transferiism and part of the register-wheel irig-connections. Fig. M is adetail, ual view of a portion of the ratchet employed on the main gearand Fig. 15 is a detail view of one of the levers used in disconnectingthe set-up levers from the register-wheel actuating-connections.

The various parts of the mechanisms are mounted within a suitable casingor outer shell having a base 21 supported on cushion members 22, andwithin the outer shell or casing is mounted a frame 23, adapted tosupport the several parts. As more clearly shown in 1 and 3, the machineco1nprises seven orders, although it will be understood that the numberof orders may be increased or diminished, as desired, by duplicating oromitting parts of some of the mechanisms, and inasmuch as a great manyof the elements employed in each order or column are identical, I shallonly describe the parts for one order or column except in so far as maybe necessary to describe the elements which are common to all of theorders of the machine.

Prime (actuating mechanism.-Referring new more particularly to Figs. 1,2, 3, 4, 7, 8 and 9, it will be seen that each order of the machinecomprises a register or indicating-wheel 24, having a gear 25 and aratchet 26, the gear meshing with a major gear 27, which, as shown, isin the form of a disk, and has formed integral therewith a ratchet 28(see Figs. 13 and 14:), said gear 27 being rotatably mounted 011 acentral, oscillatable shaft 29 extending transversely of the case. Alsorotatably mounted on the shaft 29 adjacent each or gear 27 is a set-uplever 30, which, as more clearly shown in Fig. 9 is in the form of adisk having an integral spring arm 31 having a bent end 32, the latterbeing adapted to serve as a pawl and cooperating with the ratchet 28 toactuate the gear 27. The set-up lever 30 is provided with and arm 32which projects through a slot in the fingerboard 33 of the outer shellor case 20, said arm 32 having detachably secured thereto a finger hold34 having a recess therein to permit the operator-to see the numerals onthe fingerboard This lingerboard construction is fully described inpatent issued to Harbeck, No. 1,036,614;, dated Aug. 27, 1912. The diskof each set-up l-'. I

is provided with a notch 36 over which is norpositloned, when the set-uplever is at mally normal, an elf-set arm 37 having a can formed on thespring-controlled clearin l pawl 38 pivotally mounted on the sha thelatter serving also as the supporting s. r for the register-wheels. Theamount added in each order is determined by the extent to which theset-up lever is raised upwardly over the fingerboard, the set-up leversbeing thus the key-element of the machine, and in lifting the set-uplever, the pawl thereof will ride over the ratchet 28, since the lat teris prevented from backward rot tron by means of a pivoted dog d0 thatengages the gear 27, and which mounted on a transversely extending rod64:. \Vhen the setup'lever is raised. the clearing bar pawl 38 will beraised, owing to the cam face 37 thereof being engaged. by the corner 39and the pawl 38 will in turn lift the clearing-bar 4L1 pivotally mountedon the rod 12 extend ing entirely across all the orders of the machineand rigidly mounted in the combined prime actuating, carrying andcanceling yoke bar or frame 4-3, the latter being pivotally mounted onthe shaft 2), and having an outwardly extended arm l l to which issecured the operating handle l5. The clearing bar is or may bespring-controlled, in the construction illustratedL being presseddownwardly by a spring 97 coiled. around the rod 4L2 (Figs. 3 and henthe clearing bar all is thus raised, a projection 46 thereon (see Fig.7) will ride over the outside of a cam track 4:7 (see Fig. 5), whichprevents clearing of the machine, will be hereinafter described, thisraising or lifting of the clearing bar occurring every time that a setuplever is manipulated. When a set-up lever has been set to the amount desired to be added in a particular column, and the clearing bar therebyraised, hereinbefore described, the operator grasps the handle 45 andoscillates the frame or yoke l3, whereupon the setup lovers will beengaged by the plate d8 which extends across all of the columns ororders of the machine, said plate 4-8 being rigidly secured to the frameor yoke 43, thereby returning all. the set-up levers which may have beenraised, to normal; and the pawls on the set-up levers in turn rotatingthe major gears 27, which in turn actuate the register-wheels an amountcorresponding to the amount set up by the set-up levers. When theoscillatalde yoke or ii ame is return to its normal or upright positionby means of the retracting sgrin 412:5, the plate -i'l-S, which, asshown inv Fig. 4', is provided with a plurality of projections 49 on itsrear edge, will engage the ratchets 26 of the register wheels and centerthe same so that the numerals or other indicating marks will be properlyalined with the apertures 50 in the casing, and through which theamounts indicated on the register-wheels are adapted to be read. Saidprojections 49 in cooperation with the clearing-banpawls 38 also serveanother important function. As shown. in F and l, arch clearing-baraiwlhas a cam face 38 which is engaged by a projection it) when. the latterreturns to normal, which causes the clearing-bar-pawl to be raised. toneutral or normal position, as shown in said figures. lVhen, however,the yoke 4.3 is moved from nor: l. the clearing-bar pawls in thoseorders of the machine which. have not been lifted by movements of thcset-up levers, will be allowed to have their oil-set arms 37 fall intothe notches 36 of said setup levers, thereby locking said set-up leversand preventing the same from being raised while the yoke or frame -13 isin any other position than normal.

Trans-fer dccicca lleferring now more particularly to Figs. l, 5 and 10to 13, inclusive, it will be seen that rigidly secured to each of themajor gears 27 is a disk 51 provided with a plurality of projections thenumber of said projections corresponding to the number of teeth on themajor gear, there being one of such pro jections for each ten teeth ofthe gear. As each gear 2'? is rotated an amount corresponding to tenunits, one of said projections will engage an offset 53 formed integralwith a spring-controlled, gateactuator 54: pivotally mounted on a transversely extending shaft (see Fig. 10). Said gate-actuator 5% hasprovided therein a T-shaped slot 56, through one portion of whichextends a transversely arranged shaft 57 on which are mounted thetransfer-wheels, each transfer-wheel comprising a ratchet disk 58 and agear 59, the latter ring with major gear 27 of the non sur Leding higherorder or column than that in which the gate-actuator disk is located.Also mounted on the shaft 57 and adjacent the tlilllSl'QT-Xi'l160l is agate 60 having a pin 61 which engages in another portion of saidT-shaped slot 56. When the parts are at normal, the gate-actuator 5 l,transfer-wheel and gate are in the position shown at the lower part ofFig. 4:, but upon one of the projections 53 engaging the gateactuator,the parts are moved to the position shown in Fi 10, which, as will henoted, causes the gate to be oscillated on the shaft 57. Said gate 60when in normal position, closes an opening or recess (32 formed in apartition or bracket 6 rigidly mounted on the shaft 5'? and the upper,transversely extending shaft (A, and when the gate in such position thespirally arranged, spring controlled, pivoted carrying-pawls 65, mountedon the lower end of the frame or yoke 43, are prevented from engagingthe teeth of the ratchet 58 when the yoke or frame is on its rota-"1stroke. W'hen, however, the gate is opened or actuated, the pawl willengage the ratchet 58 and rotate the same tenth of a revolution, which,as will be obvious, will rotate the major gear with which the transgearengages, a corresponding amount. The gate and gate-actuators are ofcourse operated during the down stroke of the yoke or frame 4. .3, andthe carrying or transferring is accomplished on the return stroke, andit becomes necessary to keep the gate open until the carrying pawls 65have had opportu to operate the transfer wheels and suci means areprovided in the spring controlled, pivoted, gate-actuator-controller 66,the latter being supported on a fixed, transversely extending shaft 67.Said controller is provided with a projecting flange 68 which lo adaptedto catch beneath a cooperating, projecting flange 69 formed on thegate-actuator 5i.- when the latter has been operated by a pro' ction 52(see l), and adapted to hold the gate-actuator against the tension oi?its spring until after the transferring or carrying operation has takenplace. controller may he released in one or two ways, either by the yokeor frame which, on its return stroke, engages a depen ling projection 70on the controller (see 4;) or by means of the canceling or clearing bar41, which is adapted to engage a cam face 71 also "formed on thecontroller 66, the latter operation taking place during a cancelingstroke only.

In order to prevent overthrow of transfer-wheel during the carrying openn, a detent 72, yieldin ly controlled by springs 76, is provided (seeFig. 12), which is in the form of a segment pivotally mounted, at 1 3,on the bracket 63, said detent heing provided with a slot 7 1- for theshaft 57, and having also a projecting lip 75 movable in a slot 'Zii inthe bracket 68 and which engages the fer-wheel J. his

p LQllSlOll oi? its v means of the cooperating carry- 4 7 that engages acam face 7'? thereihe cain face 77, as shown, is longer hen the face oredge 6: oi? the opening irehy the detent 72 will he held in engagementwith the ratchet 5S tor an appreciable time atter the carrying dog (35has passed by the opening 62, which will provide h time for the shock onthe to be dissipated, thus prew of the transfer-wheel, c-un operatingfinally to di arrying-pawl from the trans 15; the r turn stroke of theyoke ("Zea") or cance big means. l l hcn all the sums have beenaccumulated on the TGglStSi-ll'll66lS and no "further addihe made, theset-up levers will l)=3 at normal and the sum ac cumulated on theregister-wheels can be d by oscil ating the yoke or frame hen all theset-up levers are at norall the clearing-har-pawls 38 will he heirlowered or normal position, which tions are oi course all vllow theclearing har L1 to ride with i 'ction 1(3 ocneath the cam track l-i,

e clearing liar ll is moved, it will 5: up the projections 52 on the hyrotating all oi said disks a mount w on th registenwheels, and l haveprovided such means in the following devices. By referring to F gs. .2,3, 4i and 15, it will be seen that .mounted between each set-up leverdisk and major ar is releasing lever '78 wh ch is in the form of a diskkeyed to the t 29, the latter extending to the outside case, and havinga crank arm T9 oy vl 'c i the shaft may he oscillated as desired. ,hlever '78 is extender so as to come the pawl 32 on the setup lever 3Gand 1 so that when the lever '2' is tor-clockwise, as viewed in fill thepawl from L chet and by engaging a projeptic n f?!) iorineo on SQL-UPlever disk, tne latter he returi ed normal without actuzu'; the ratchetand thereby preventing T) J.. i113 nn 4o the rroin actuating itsregister-wheel.

he release lei e1 78 are normally held in the position shown in Figs. 2and thy means of disk 81 secured the shaft 29 the end opposite to thatto which the crank 79 is secured, said disk 81 having connected theretoa spring 82 having one end secured to a rigid part of the frame (seeFig. Locking mac/'1caism.-lt sometimes oc curs'that an operator willhave performed only a part of a sum and will have to leave the machine,in which case it becomes desirable to lock the machine and prevent tampering with the sum accumulated on the register-wheels, and such lockingmeans are provided by the following parts, shown more clearly in Figs. 3and (3. As previously described, the releasing levers T8 and the shaft25) to which said levers are keyed, are held in normal position by meansof the spring 82 which is attached to the disk Si, the latter having astop 83 engaging a pro jec' 'on Si; on, the frame of the machine. Byrotating the shaft 29 and the releasing levers 78 so that the latterengage the projections 80 on the set-up levers when the same are atnormal, and holding the releasing lovers in such position, it will beapparent that the set-up levers cannot be manipulated, and to hold thereleasing levers in such position a pivoted locking member 85 provided,which is adapted to engage a projection 86 formed on the disk 81 whenthe parts are in the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 6. Thelocking member 85 is rigidly secured to a rotatable knob 87, mounted onscrew 88, and has pivoted thereto a slotted plate 89, the latter havingconnected thereto a spring 90 which will hold said plate 89 in eitherthe position shown in full line in Fig. (3,

or the position shown in dotted line, thus being adapted to hold thelocking member in either of its extreme positions. lVhen the disk 81 isrotated, the arm 91 thereon is adapted to engage a pivoted member 92,which has a flange 93 thereon that, when raised, forms a continuation ofthe cam track 47 for the projection d6 of the clearing bar, and as willbe obvious, when said member 92 is raised, it will lift with it theclearing bar projection 46, which in turn will prevent the clearing barfrom engaging the projections on the disks 51, should the yoke or framei3 be oscillated. If this latter precaution were not taken, anoscillation of tne yoke or frame would clear the machine, even thou hthe set-up levers were locked.

Other details of construction.ln order to prevent a partial stroke ofthe oscillat ing yoke or frame 43, the latter is provided with apluralit of notches 9d at the bottom (see Fig. 2) which will be engagedby a double-acting, pivoted pawl 90 after the yoke or frame has beenstarted in its downward stroke, said pawl acting to prevent the yokefrom returning after the first notch 94: has engaged the pawl 95 andonly allowing the yoke to return after the same has been given a fullstroke and the elongated recess 96 has passed by the pawl, therebyallowing the pawl to return to normal position and ausing the same toact as a detent on the yoke l3 during its return stroke, that is, toprevent the yoke from being depressed again, after it has once beenstarted on. its return stroke, until after the yoke has completed itsfull return stroke.

Referring again to the plate 418 and the projections 49 thereon, it willbe seen that the latter, by engaging the ratchets 26, will lock theregister-wheels and prevent the same from being operated by attemptedmanipulations of the set-up levers independent of the oscillatable yoke.

By referring to .l -igs. 2 and at, it will be seen that the pawls 40which. engage the gears 27 are so located that the tail pieces 1 thereofwill. be engaged by the rear edge of the yoke at the end. of thedown-stroke oi: the latter, thereby preventing overthrow of the gears 27and the register wheels.

Many of the parts are so arranged that the same can be easily assembledby stringing the duplicate parts on the several transversely extendingshafts and rods, thereby minimizing the cost of labor for assembling.

Although I have herein described and shown the construction. which I nowconsider preferable, as embodying my improvements, yet it will. beobvious to those skilled in the art, that various changes andmodilications may be made in the different parts and combinations ofparts without departing from the spirit of the invention, and all suchchanges and modiiications are contemplated as come within the scope ofthe claims appended hereto.

l claim l. in a i'nultipleoriler calculating machine having registeringmechanism and ln'ansferring devices, an. eccentric oscillatable me: Iconnnon to and extending across all the orilms of the niarhinc andengageable with an operative key-ele1nent of each order during onestroke, for effecting the prime moi ements of the reg stering mechanismduring one jiiortion of its movements, and means carried by saideccentric oscil-- latalile means adapted to positiicly actuate the tranferring devices during another portion ol 5 movements.

In a multiple-order calculating machine having registering mechanism andransferring devices, an eccentric oscillatable ieans, comn'mn to andextending across all orders of the machine and en. geable with anoperative key-elenwnt of each order during one s rokc, for effec ing theprime rents (ll? the rcgisti j mechanism during a stroke in one directand means carried by said eccentric oscillzd able means adapted to positactuate the transfer ring devices on its return stroke...

3. in a multiple-order calculating ma chine, in combination; registeringmechanism; transfer devices; and oscillating means, common all theorders of the machine, ei (ting the prline-movements of the registeringmechanism and means carried by said oscillatable means for separatelyand positively actuating the transfer -;le:ices, said actuating meansincluding a phirality of carrying pawls mounted on saidoscillatingmeans.

In a multiple-order calculating machine having re ister-wheels andtransferring devices, an oscillatable means, common to all the orders ofthe machine, for effecting the prime-movements of the wheels during astroke in direction and devices on said oscillating means for act-n ingthe transfer devices on the .return stroke, said devices including aplurality of spirally arranged carrying pawls.

5. In a multiple-order calculating machine having register-wheels andtran .1. v res and a lever in each order thereof for setting up theamounts to be adc 1 oscillatable means comprising a part acting on allof said levers which have been set up and adaptec to effect theprinie-movements of the register-wheels and having neans to actuate thetransfer devices in one complete osci lation, and also having means toclear by a subsequent oscillation an amount ac cumulated on theregister-Wheels, when all the set-up levers are at normal.

6. In a multiple-order calculating machine having register-wheels andtransfer devices and a lever in each order thereof for setting up theamounts to be added, oscillatable means, common to all the lever-setorderof the machine, for effecting the primemovements of theregister-wheels on one stroke and devices carried by said oscil latablemeans for actuating the transfer devices on the return stroke andadapted also to clear, by a subsequent oscillation, when all of theset-up levers are at normal, an

amount accumulated on the register-wheels.

7.111 a multiple-order, lever-set calculating machine, in combination: aseries of register-wheels and actuating connections therefor; a seriesof set-up levers; transfer devices; and oscillatable means, including aplurality of spirally arranged carrying pawls, for effecting theprime-movements of the register-wheels and actuating the transferdevices by one complete oscillation, and for clearing by a subsequentoscillation, when all of the set-up levers are at normal, an amountaccumulated on the registerwheels.

8. In a multiple-order calculating ma chine, the combination of atotalizer having transferring devices, finger levers for setting up thenumbers to be entered into the machine, an oscillatable yoke common toall of the finger levers for returning all of the set levers to normal.position and simultaneously introducing the numbers into the totalizer,said yoke effecting the prime move ments of the registering mechanismand havi m ans adapted at another time to and positively actuate saidtransir ring devices 9. In a multiple-order calculating machine, thecombination of a totalizer having a HSfGl mechanism, finger levers forset ting up the numbers to be entered into the machine, an oscillatableyoke common to all of the finger levers for returning all of the setlevers to normal position and simultaneously introducing the numbersinto the tot-ah izer, said yoke effecting the prime movements of theregistering mechanism during a stroke in one d'rection and having meanseulapl'ied to ac? the transfer mechanism during the return stroke.

10. In a multiple-order, lever-set, adding machine, in combination:series of register-wheels and actuating-connections therefor; a seriesof set-up levers; transfer devices; an oscillatable yoke, common to allthe lever-set orders of the machine, for offecting the prime-movementsof the register wheels and having means mounted thereon for separatelyand positively actuating the transfer devices; and mechanism, optionallyoperative, for disconnecting the set-up levers from operative relationwith the register-wheel actuating-connections and adapted to return theset-up levers toward normal position.

11. In a multiple-order, lever-set, adding machine, in combination: aseries of registor-wheels and actuating connections therefor; a seriesof set-up levers; transfer devices; oscillatable means, common to allthe lever-set orders of the machine, for effectg the prim -movements ofthe registerieels during a stroke in one direction and actuating thetransfer devices on the re- 1 stroke; and mechanism, independent of .idoscillatable means and optionally opcrative, for disconnecting theset-up levers from operative relation with the register- Wheel actuatingconnections and adapted to return the set-up levers toward normalposition.

12. In a multiple-order, lever-set, adding .nachine, in combination: aseries of regisi oer-wheels and actuating connections therefor; a seriesof set-up levers; transfer devices; oscillatable means adapted to effectthe prime-movements of the register-wheels and to actuate the transferdevices in one complete oscillation and to cancel, by a sub sequentoscillation, an amount accumulated on the register-wheels, when all theset-up levers are at normal; and mechanism, indeendent of saidcscillatable means and 0ptionall operative, for disconnecting the setuplevers from operative relation with the register-wheel actuatingconnections and adapted to return the set-up levers toward normalposition.

13. In a multiple-order, lever-set, adding machine, in combination: aseries of register-wheels and actuating connections therefor; a seriesof set-up levers; transfer devices; oscillatable means, common to allthe lever-set orders of the machine, for effecting the prime-movementsof the register-wheels and for separately and positively actuatlng thetransfer devices; means for canceling an amount accumulated on theregisterwheels, and mechanism, independent of said oscillatable meansand optionally operatlve, for disconnecting the set-up levers fromoperative relation with the register-wheel actuating-connections andadapted to return the set-up levers toward normal position.

14;. In a multiple-order, lever-set, adding machine, in combination: aseries of register-wheels and actuating connections therefor; a seriesof set-up levers having a common axis; transfer devices, oscillatablemeans, common to all the lever-set orders of the machine, for effectingthe primemovements of the register-wheels and for separately, positivelyactuating the transfer devices; and locking mechanism acting after saidoscillatable means has begun its adding movement and adapted to preventmovement of the set-up levers from normal.

15. In a multiple-order, lever-set, adding machine, in combination: aseries of register-wheels and actuating connections therefor; a seriesof set-up levers having a common axis; transfer devices; oscillatablemeans, common to all the lever-set orders of the machine, for effectingthe primemovements of the registenwheels and for separately, positivelyactuating the transfer devices; mechanism, independent of saidoscillatable means and optionally operative, for disconnecting theset-up levers from operative relation with the register-wheelactuating-connections and adapted to return the set-up levers towardnormal position; and a lock cooperating with said mechanism and actingafter said oscillatable means has begun its adding movement and adaptedto prevent movement of the set-up levers.

16. In a multipleorder calculatingmachine, transferring devicesincluding an oscillatable yoke having a plurality of spirally arranged,carrying pawls thereon, one pawl for each order of the machine, saidpawls being so arranged that the one for the lowest order of the machineoperates prior to the pawl for the next higher order of the machine andso on to the pawl of the highest orderof the machine which operateslast.

eluding a transfer wheel having a ratchet, a carrying pawl adapted toengage the ratchet, agate along which the pawl may travel and normallypreventing the pawl from engaging the ratchet, and means for moving saidgate to an inoperative position when a transfer is to be effected fromthat particular order of the machine to the next higher order.

18. In a calculating machine of the charact-er described, a registeringmechanism, transfer devices for each order of the machine including atransfer wheel having a ratchet, an oscillatable frame having a carryingpawl thereon adapted to engage said ratchet and rotate the same, a gatealong which the pawl may travel and which is normally in position toprevent said pawl from engaging said ratchet, a gate-actuator for moving.aid gate to an inoperative or open position and means for holding saidgate in its open position until after the pawl has engaged and operatedthe ratchet.

19. In a multiple-order calculating machine, an oscillatable set-uplever for each order having normal operative connection with theregistry mechanism on its return movement, the amount which said loversare moved determining the amount to be added, and means for returningsaid set-up levers to normal position without bodily movement of oreffecting any operation of the registering mechanism, to thereby permiterrors in moving said set-up levers to be corrected.

520. In a nniltiple-order calculating machine, a plurality ofoscillatable set-up levers, one for each order of the machine and eachhaving a portion by which it is manipulated, an oscillatable frameadapted to engage said set-up levers when it is oscillated to therebyeffect the prime actuations of the registering mechanism, saidoscillatable frame being adapted also to cancel amounts accumulated onthe registering mechanism when it is oscillated in the same direction aswhen it effects the prime actuations, and means operated by said setuplevers when the latter are moved. from normal, for preventing thecanceling operation to take place.

21. In a multiple-order calculating machine, in combination: a sunporting shaft common to a plurality of the orders of the machine;ordinal mechanisms each compris ing a gear on said shaft having aratchet, and a set up and driving lever on said shaft for each ratchetand having a pawl for engaging the ratchet; an eccentric oscillatahlemeans mounted on said shaft for driving the set-up levers of the variousorders; and ordinal register wheels actuated by the said gears.

22-. In a multiple-order calculating machine, in combination: asupporting shaft common to a plurality of the orders of the machine;ordinal driving mechanisms each comprising a gear on the said shalthaving a ratchet, and a set up and drivin lever or C) each ratchet andhaving a pawl for em ing the ratchet; an oscillatahle her monntec onsaid shaft for driving the 1 c oi the various orders; ordinal t wheelsactuated by the said gears, a1 l means "for separating the pawls from tre ratchets to allow the set up levers to be e turned to normal withoutoperating the res;-

Z for efiecting the additional movem 1 the register wheels; and meansmonnted on said yolre whereby the said frame operates i. a l driv1cret'oi cl latahle har common to a phuality o' ordinal drivingmechanisms; an oscilla' l key-element fo each order with wl'iich thesaid her is en geable on one stroire bin a different dis inces as may herequired, for e'li ecting the additive movement of the ister wheel; andmeans whereby the said her is caused, on another stroke, engage andoperate the clearing devices.

25. In a mu-tiple-order calculating i. chine having registerin mechanisma transferring devices, I ments for actuating the cgisterio J nism, anoscillatable means con oi the orders of the machine for the primemovements oil tie lrey-el n and registering mechanism during portion ofits movement and adapted to positively actuate the transferring devicesd1 ring another portion of its movement, and ordinal series of spacedfinger-holds arranged in connection with said key-elements, against anyone of which lingenholds operators linger may rest to as a ari abledeterminant stop in the manipulatr of said keyelements.

l d n I osci ll at ahl e hey-cl 26. ln a multiole-order calculatiomachine, in combination: a supper shait common to a plnrahty oi: the o?i? i he machine; ordinal mechanisms each comprising a gear having aratchet, and a set-up and driving lever having; a pawl tor enr' ing theratchet; an eccentric oscillate-able yoke for driving the set up leversof the various orders; ordinal register wheels actu- I 1 -w 4 1 atec bytie said gears, and spaced linger 7 comm iii to a ordeal comprising a aratchet, and a having a pawl i set up lovers of the register reels ameans atchets to allow led to normal n i wheels;

ing the yaw s from et up levei out operating spaced finger-holes z theoperatofs linger F L D H (1 l) I 3* villlftfllu nlbbullllllluwi) uaUl)111 mib fllulil lllirr tion of said set-up levers.

The combination of orders of re i mechanism; corresponding osci it.levers one for each order of regis iechanism, an oscillating vol-re Xtei g vcross the planes in which too said set-up hrs operate and enageable with the siia set-up levers, and means for locking the set-uplevers in normal position, said yoke g means for releasing said lockingns when the yoke is in normal position.

In a multiple order calculating machine, a registering mechanism havingtransfer devices, an oscillataole yoke, common to all the orders of themachine, having means for etlecting the prime movements of theregistering mechanism at one time and having means adapted at anothertime to separately and positively actuate the transfen ring devices, theaxis of the yoke coinciding substantially with the axis of the orders ofregister actuating m chanism.

30. En a multiple-order calculating machine, a registering mechanismhaving transferring devices, an oscillatable yoke, commen to all theorders of the machine, for efii'ecting the prime movements of theregist;ring mechanism during a stroke in on direction, and ixeanscarried by the yoke ior centering the numeral wheels of the said orders.

31. ln a multiple-order calculating machine, in combination: orders ofregistering mechanism; correspondingorders or register actuatingmechanism constantly geared with the registering mechanism and havingset up levers means actuated by the set up levers for clearing theregister wheels, said clearing means being inoperative except at thenormal position of the set up levers; and a yoke for giving additivemovement to the set up levers when set, and for giving clearing movementto the set up levers when in normal position,

In a multiple order calculating machine, in combination: orders ofregistering and actuating mechanism each having a forwardly extendingset-up linger lever; register-clearing mechanism; and a combined addingand clearing lever having means for giving additive movement to saidregistering mechanism and for operating said clearing mechanism.

In a multiple order calculating machine, in combination: registeringmechanism; set-up finger levers therefor having a rearward set-upmovement and a forward additive movement; and a combined adding andclearing yoke engageable with all of said set-up levers and having ahand lever and having a forward additive movement and a forward clearingmovement.

84. In a multiple order calculating machine, in combination: registeringmechanism; set-up levers therefor having a rearward set-up movement anda forward additive movement; transfer mechanism; and a frame engageablewith all of said set-up levers and having a hand lever, and having aforward additive movement, and a rearward transfer movement to actuatesaid transfer mechanism.

35. In a multiple order calculating machine, in combination: registeringmechanism; master gears for actuating the same;

set-up levers; means for engaging together each set-up lever and itsmaster gear; re lease levers for releasing said engaging means, a yokefor actuating said set-up levers; and a shaft supporting side by sidesaid master gears, set-up levers, release levers and yoke.

36. In a multiple order calculating machine, in combination: registeringmechanism; master gears for actuating the same; ratchets on said mastergears; set-up levers having pawls engaging said ratchets; release leversfor disengaging said. pawls; a yoke for actuating said set-up levers;and

shaft supporting said master gears, setup levers, and release levers andyoke.

37. In. a multiple order calculating machine, in combination:registering mechanism; master gears for actuating the same; set-uplevers; means for engaging together each set-up lever and its mastergear; transfer disks; release levers for releasing said engaging means;a yoke for actuating said set-up levers; and a shaft supporting side byside said master gears, set-up levers, transfer disks, release levers,and yoke.

IVILLIAM M. HOLLOWAY.

Witnesses PEARL Aermrs, Josnrn; HARRIS.

